Atractus lasallei

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Arredondo, J.C. |author-link=Juan Camilo Arredondo |year=2015 |errata=2017 |title=Atractus lasallei |page=e.T44581109A115390110 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T44581109A44581114.en}}

| genus = Atractus

| species = lasallei

| authority = Amaral, 1931

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Atractus lasallei, also known commonly as Lasalle's ground snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Colombia.

Etymology

The specific name, lasallei, refers to the Instituto de La Salle, Bogotá, Colombia.{{cite book |author1-link=Bo Beolens |last1=Beolens |first1=B. |author2-link=Michael Watkins (zoologist) |last2=Watkins |first2=M. |author3-link=Michael Grayson |last3=Grayson |first3=M. |year=2011 |title=The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles |location=Baltimore |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |pages=xiii + 296 |isbn=978-1-4214-0135-5}}{{rp|151}}

Geographic range

A. lasallei is found in northwestern Colombia, in Antioquia Department.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. lasallei is forest, at altitudes of {{cvt|1,500|–|2,300|m|ft}}.

Reproduction

A. lasallei is oviparous.

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